Assassins Creed Makes For Dangerously Pretty Art
Nouveau

post from The Escapist : Latest News on 29 November 2011 11:15:00 PM. © The Escapist : Latest News

It's probably safe to say that this Assassins Creed fan art looks better than the games do.

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This is what Ponyo would be like on the Game Boy
Color

post from Destructoid on 29 November 2011 11:06:56 PM. © Destructoid

This is what Ponyo would be like on the Game Boy Color screenshot

Ni no Kuni is kind of a big deal because you don't see videogame adaptations of Studio Ghibli movies. Some ass hats completely mucked up Nausicaä back in the day, completely souring Hayao Miyazaki to the concept for life. Know what, though? The less shameless cash grabbing in this world the better. Can you imagine what Grave of the Fireflies for the Famicom would be like? Press A to scoop your sister's ashes into a candy tin!

Still, this cute little video by Mee-lin and Feegrita Sinclair of a fake Ponyo Game Boy Color game is pretty lovely. The Ponyo chiptune theme is spot on, as is the nearly static GBC "cutscene." It's a shame that the only "gameplay" footage is a small bit in which Ponyo runs across fish made of water. I was holding out for a ham-eating minigame!

Ponyo for GameBoy Color [Vimeo]

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Indie Royale debuts the 'Really Big Bundle'

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Fresh from the fine folks at Indie Royale, their newest indie gaming bundle has just gone live. The "Really Big Bundle" features five great indie games: Really Big Sky, Runespell: Overture, Eufloria, Cthulhu Saves the World, and Breath of Death VII.

Really Big Sky features 12 playable game modes, with frantic shmup gameplay and mind-bending visuals. Runespell: Overture offers a unique take on card games, with its fantasy setting and fantastic music. IGF finalist Eufloria brings its brand of real-time strategy with serene and calming atmosphere. Zeboyd Games' indie role-playing game gems Cthulhu Saves the World and Breath of Death VII help round out the bundle.

By this time around, most indie gamers know the payment model for Indie Royale. The "Really Big Bundle" will be available for five days, and the more people pick up the bundle the higher the minimum amount goes. For the "Really Big Bundle," if you choose to pay more than the minimum then you will also receive a copy of Disasterpiece's chiptune album "Rise of the Obsidian Interstellar." You're sure to find something to like in this bundle, no matter your tastes.

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My 2D Room Escape

post from Escape Games 24 on 29 November 2011 10:05:48 PM. © Escape Games 24

My 2D Room Escape is another point and click type room escape games by Hnvgamz. Try to escape the place by finding items and solving puzzles. Good luck and have fun!Play This Game

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Elevator Escape 2

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Elevator Escape 2 is another new Japanese point and click type escape the room game by 86Game. In this game you must search for items and clues to escape the elevator. Good luck and have fun!Play This Game

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League of Legends patch: New characters and
jungles ahoy!

post from Destructoid on 29 November 2011 10:05:44 PM. © Destructoid

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Patches are about a dime a dozen for the highly popular League of Legends. The Volibear patch that dropped today marks some changes that are small signs of bigger things to come.

Riot Games has put out a preview video, which goes through the changes to the jungle of the Summoner's Rift. A second video details the new champion, Volibear. As his name implies, he's a bear... that wears armor... and has chain lightning! Surely such a combination is enough to whet some people's interest.

Also in this patch alongside the normal character balancing are some new skins and two character remakes. Leading the new skin train is Silverfang Akali, or as I like to call her, Smoke Akali. Then there's the M.Bison-esqe Imperial Lux, and two skins for Volibear. The first of the remade characters is Gangplank. His skill set will be the same, but his default model and animations are getting graphically remade to match the more recent aesthetics of the game.

The biggest sign of things to come in League, though, rests with the remake of the champion Sivir, who is getting an almost complete rework of her skill set. The most significant of these skill changes is the change to her passive. Originally, it made her dodge stat increase while she was moving. Now, attacking enemy champions will make her move faster for a short period of time.

It may seem like a small tweak, but it leads in to the recently discussed change of removing the dodge statistic from LoL completely. The tip of the spear was in the last patch that changed the mastery trees, where there were no masteries that affected dodge in the new trees. It's hard to say how far away they are from fully implementing the stat change, but it seems like the next logical step would be to rework the champion Jax, whose skills and passive basically hinge on that single stat. Perhaps afterwards, Riot Games will see fit to finally issue the refund for dodge runes.

You can read the full listing of changes in the patch on the League of Legends website, and you can watch the patch preview video below.

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Fractal: Make Blooms Not War now live on Steam

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Fractal: Make Blooms Not War now live on Steam screenshot

From the same hard working folks that brought you the fine titles of Auditorium and Pulse comes their Steam-updated title Fractal: Make Blooms Not War.

Fractal meshes hexagonal puzzle solving with a unique minimalistic art style that gives it a clean and sleek presentation. Combining that with the trance-like musical score, and you have a puzzle game that can keep you up for days.

If you're looking for a new puzzle game to sink some time into, or for a gift for a puzzle fan on your holiday list, you might want to consider Fractal: Make Blooms Not War.

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Mass Effect 3's Lead Writer Reveals Location
Detail and Writing "Hurdles"

BioWare's Mac Walters has described how he's "happy" to be able to tell new stories in familiar places. (WARNING! Minor location spoilers below. Retreat now if you're hiding from details.)

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